MAN to HER flight delays
Manchester (MAN) Heraklion (HER)
290 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · UK Civil Aviation Authority
48.97%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
—
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Manchester to Heraklion arrive late more often than they arrive on time. At this rate lateness is the normal outcome, not the exception, and the schedule is better read as an aspiration than a plan.
This route does worse than its own airport. MAN as a whole runs 21.3 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
The two directions do not behave alike. HER to MAN arrives on time 6.9 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only Jet2 flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Jet2 arrived on time most often on MAN to HER. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in June.
Every airline on MAN to HER
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet2 | 126 | 42.86% | 0% | — | F |
| TUI Airways | 93 | 45.16% | 0% | — | — |
| easyJet | 71 | 64.79% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HER to MAN Heraklion back to Manchester 42.11% on time FOther routes from Manchester
Common questions
Are flights from Manchester to Heraklion usually delayed?
48.97% of flights on the MAN to HER route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 5 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Manchester to Heraklion?
Only Jet2 appears in the published record on this route, with 126 flights and 42.86% arriving on time.
How often are MAN to HER flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on MAN to HER during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →